Labour’s decisive victory in the Greater Manchester mayoral election is a bad result for Reform UK and the Green Party. No amount of political spin can disguise the truth that both parties came into this contest with high hopes – only to fail spectacularly. The numbers tell their own story. Labour’s Bev Craig won 47

Labour’s Bev Craig expected to win contest that lost column inches to Andy Burnham’s ascent and Reform UK leader’s self-imposed Clacton vote

Bev Craig, the city council leader, succeeds Andy Burnham as mayor, reversing Reform gains in May local elections